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BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230

invidious

adjective
/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
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  1. unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend somebody or make them jealous 讨厌而不公正的;易引起反感的;招人嫉妒的
    • We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.我们处于左右为难的窘境,不知是要违法还是要拿生命冒险。
    • It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.单独感谢任何一个人都易引起反感。
    • Union leaders called the new rules ‘invidious and divisive’.工会领导人称新规定“令人反感和分裂”。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInvidious is used with these nouns:
    • position
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin invidiosus, from invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.
BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230
BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230
BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230
invidious
Causing problems and disagreement: difficult, bad, embarrassing...

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